"We wanted to use real Martian and lunar soil," to see if plants would actually grow in it, Wamelink told reporters.
沃姆林克对记者说:“我们想用真正的火星和月球上的土,”看看植物会不会在里面生长。
Of course, getting real lunar and Martian potting soil is an impossible ask. But an Internet search revealed an unlikely supplier: NASA.
当然,拿到真正的月球和火星土来盆栽是不可能的要求。但是网络搜索显示,美国国家航空航天局 The US space agency makes ground similar to that on the Moon from sand found in an Arizona desert, while Mars' crimson "soil" is scooped from a volcano in Hawaii, Wamelink told reporters.
沃姆林克告诉记者,美国航天局在亚利桑那的沙漠中找到一种和月球土壤类似的沙子用做试验田,而火星红“土”采自夏威夷的一座火山。
The first experiments started in 2013 after Wageningen received an order of 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of NASA's imitation "space soil"—at a hefty price of 2,000 euros ($2,285).
瓦格宁根大学以2000欧元 Wamelink stuck tomatoes, peas, cress and other plants in pots containing the simulated soil... and crossed his fingers.
沃姆林克把西红柿、豌豆、水芹和其它植物种在盛有模拟土的盆子里……然后期盼好运。
To work in this soil "was very special. Nobody, not even NASA, could tell us what would happen," even just by simply adding water, he said.
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